Is this the best time to book next year’s holiday? With Free Child Places now available, the answer is yes, and here’s why…

The holiday promotional season runs something like this for all UK tour providers:

January-September: promotional discount codes are made available for the summer ahead. These can save you somewhere in the region of £100 on your holiday. The best of these codes are usually available in the January Sales. Eurocamp an Haven offer heavy discounts in January. Package holiday providers offer smaller discounts.

April: Holidays are launched for the following year and free child places are made available. Free child places can save you up to £2000. Free child places are so popular they are often gone within days. Peak-time free child places are often gone as quickly as within 24 hours at the most popular family resorts

July (and sometimes September): Relaunch of the following season’s holidays with more hotel rooms and extra free child places available. Again, these move very quickly.

September: Eurocamp offers heavy discounts on their holidays for the year ahead, ranging from 20% on peak time holidays to 50% on off peak. TUI, First Choice and Jet2Holidays offer Free Child Places which save you thousands and sell out incredibly quickly.

The only other time at which you can grab savings like these is last-minute, when, if you’re lucky, you can save up to 50% on your holiday. The problem here is that the top resorts tend to sell out very early on, so your choice will be limited.

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